To refinish a cedar deck

[wayner]

I have a cedar deck , it was built roughly 8 years ago - we've been here 5 years - it has to be sanded lightly every year to remove flaking and re-stained its a pita - all my previous houses had treated wood decks which are basically maintenance free I would just roll on the tinted thompsons water seal every spring and done , every 2 years would be fine too

This house has a south backyard so the sun beats on it most of the day plus all the traffic - that I have no choice but to sand and stain it every year or it looks like crap

I used Behr natural cedar tone stain from Home Depot - there's probably better out there but I'm going to have to do this every spring regardless what I use